Straightforward Detective Novels with One Case After Another 单纯的刑警破案小说，一个一个的案件

1. 501 金 The Canary Murders 金丝雀杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Male-Channel Fanfiction140k WordsCompleted Broadway's hottest star, Margaret Odell, known as “the Canary,” has been brutally murdered in her apartment at 184 West Seventy-first Street. The scene is a completely sealed room. As the police search tirelessly for clues, they only sink deeper into a fog of conflicting testimony. Everyone seems like the murderer, yet each has a clear alibi. So who is the real killer? Who slipped like a ghost into the star's sealed apartment and carried out the brutal murder? 72Reads8.9Score—Shelves
2. 502 水 The Water Monster Murders 水怪杀人事件 Van Dine范达因Mystery97k WordsCompleted At a weekend party hosted by a renowned marine biologist, a guest dives into the swimming pool in full view of everyone, then vanishes without a trace! There’s no sign that he ever climbed out, and he’s nowhere in the pool, yet strange, enormous claw marks lie on the bottom! Rumors that a vicious dragon killed him begin to spread through the group! When the missing guest’s body is finally found, something even more shocking comes to light: his corpse bears marks just like those left by dragon cl 41Reads8.4Score—Shelves
3. 503 不 The Nonconsecutive Murders 不连续杀人事件 Sakaguchi Ango坂口安吾Mystery95k WordsCompleted In the summer of 1947, scholars, poets, authors, painters, doctors, actors, and others gather to escape the heat at the mountain villa of the great poet Utagawa Kazuma. A shadow of death falls over the place, and people begin dying one after another. Were they all killed by the same murderer, or did different people commit the crimes? Was this a serial murder case, or a series of unrelated killings that only seem connected because they happened one after another? There is only one truth. Who is 143Reads8.2Score—Shelves
4. 504 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案：红阁子 Gao Luopei高罗佩66k WordsCompleted Three curses in a secret chamber, a beauty’s debt from hell On Paradise Island, the nights are a whirl of luxury and revelry. Di Renjie, magistrate of Puyang County, is just passing through when he is forced to stop and take on what seems like an open-and-shut suicide case: Li Hanlin, a newly appointed top scholar, is heartbroken and has slit his throat in the Red Pavilion at the Yongle Inn. Thirty years earlier, the wealthy merchant Tao Kuang also cut his own throat in this room. Three days lat 19Reads8.9Score—Shelves

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   It was so difficult to solve cases in the past!!! [Thinking][Thinking][Thinking]

5. 505 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: Chaoyun Temple 狄公案：朝云观 Gao Luopei高罗佩56k WordsCompleted While returning home with his family, the famed detective Di Gong is caught in a violent storm. Their carriage is wrecked, forcing them to seek shelter at the mist-shrouded Chaoyun Temple. The temple is celebrating its founding anniversary. Pilgrims fill the grounds, and a theater troupe takes the stage. It all seems lively and festive, yet something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Late that night, Di Gong looks out his window and catches sight of a burly man in an iron helmet in the opposit 7Reads8.6Score—Shelves
6. 506 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Bronze Bell Case 狄公案：铜钟案 Gao Luopei高罗佩78k WordsCompleted [Historical mystery + locked-room murders + Detective Di Renjie + interwoven serial cases] A new official takes office, and the county yamen stays lit late into the night. On his first day in Puyang, Di Gong encounters a strange case: on Half-Moon Street, a butcher’s daughter is brutally murdered in her bedroom. A love poem and a gold hairpin point to a scholar. But hidden clues and the night watchman’s clappers reveal the real killer: a wandering fraud posing as a Daoist, using holy robes to di 35Reads8.8Score—Shelves
7. 507 狄 Judge Dee Case Files: The Lakeside Case 狄公案·湖滨案 Gao Luopei高罗佩83k WordsCompleted [High suspense, nonstop twists, and ancient-style detective stories] Di Renjie, county magistrate of Hanyuan, attends a banquet aboard a pleasure boat. What should have been an elegant evening becomes the scene of a locked-room murder. Beneath the moonlit sky, at the heart of the lake, the music suddenly stops, and a woman’s corpse surfaces. Then an unsolved chess game from seventy years ago reappears, a bride mysteriously “comes back to life” on her wedding night, a carpenter is found dead in a 7Reads8.7Score—Shelves
8. 508 毛 The Mao Family Cases 毛公案 Chu Renxun储仁逊Historical22k WordsCompleted The Mao Gong Cases is a classic of Ming and Qing courtroom fiction. Centered on the legendary cases solved by Mao Dengke, an imperial censor sent to inspect Zhili during the Jiajing era, it presents the moral codes and judicial ideals of Ming society through shocking cases such as “A Wicked Brother Harms His Younger Brother” and “A Rebellious Son Kills His Mother.” The book consists of six chapters and follows the loyal official Lord Mao as he goes undercover to investigate and cleverly solve st 110Reads9.2Score—Shelves
9. 509 大 Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局 Mo Yu莫逾Mystery196k WordsCompleted What makes this book a great read: the victims’ bizarre deaths, painstaking deduction, and a style that shifts from witty and humorous to serious and meticulous. It’s a boy’s version of The Cases of Judge Dee and a Tang Dynasty version of The Washing Away of Wrongs! Rather than sketching out the plot in broad strokes, the story offers detailed, vivid depictions of the crime scenes. This makes the cases feel authentic while keeping the focus on the investigations! The Golden Mystery, The Secret T 1.6kReads9.3Score101Shelves
10. 510 狄 The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案 Wu Jianren吴趼人Mystery200k WordsCompleted [Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st 513Reads9.5Score—Shelves
11. 511 刘 The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案 Anonymous Author不题撰人Mystery308k WordsCompleted [Mind-Bending Mystery + Qing Dynasty Cold Cases + Shocking Twists + Chinese-Style Horror + Liu Luoguo] The Great Qing is at peace, but beneath the surface, unrest stirs in Jiangning Prefecture, Jinling. Liu Yong has barely arrived and settled in when he stumbles upon a shocking case: a married couple spends the night at an inn, but the husband dies under mysterious circumstances and the wife vanishes. The county magistrate beats a confession out of the innkeeper, who is then declared the murdere 158Reads9.5Score—Shelves
12. 512 白 The Mao Gong Cases in Plain Language: A Deadly Dispute Over an Inheritance 白话毛公案：兄弟争产酿血案 Xuan Lin煊霖Mystery36k WordsCompleted Modern Vernacular Translation of the Mao Gong Casebook retells the ancient casebook novel The Mao Gong Casebook in contemporary vernacular. It mainly tells the story of a tragic and inhuman murder during the Jiajing reign of the Ming dynasty, when the Yao brothers of Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, fought over their father’s inheritance. The elder brother, Yao Geng, and his sister-in-law, Liu, were consumed by greed and plotted to seize the family estate. They went so far as to murder Yao Yi, the younger 131Reads9.3Score102Shelves
13. 513 共 Empathy: Hunting Killers 共情追凶 Xuedui雪兌Mystery261k WordsOngoing I can “hear” the final heartbeat of the dead. Famous author Gu Yunfei is found dead in his study. A guard is posted outside, infrared cameras watch the windows, and both are locked tight. The police report says: a locked room, no one went in or out. But through empathy, I discover that the killer was someone closest to him. Blood on a trench coat and a fishing line caught in a window frame expose the dark secrets of the Tianshu Organization. For the sake of my dear friend Su Nian’s death, I st —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    "Empathy" is not a story about a detective cheating, but a story about an ordinary person using reason and empathy to fight against a huge dark organization. It has hard-core conspiracy, heart-breaking humanity, and a burning heart to avenge a close friend.

14. 514 刑 Crime Investigation: Crushing the Dark Web and Winning the Hearts of Beautiful Women 刑侦：横推暗网，坐拥红颜 Shadow Walker暗影行Mystery211k WordsCompleted Detective Captain Lin Yu runs into a grisly dismemberment case at an abandoned factory from the start. The killer is an expert in forensic dissection, a top hacker, and a shadow on the dark web, brazenly challenging the police at every turn. A broken phone leads to a death text, while the hunt for the killer draws Lin Yu into a shocking conspiracy. A mole lurks within the police force, witnesses are silenced one after another, and a dark web syndicate casts its shadow over the entire city. With —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Criminal investigation literature lovers, hurry up! "Criminal Investigation: Pushing the Dark Web, Sitting on the Beauties" solves bizarre and unsolved cases and tears apart the dark web's masterminds. The plot is compact and has no irritating points. The emotional line is naturally very interesting and cannot be stopped at all.

15. 515 反 The Anti-Fraud Auditor: Exposing Every Money Scam 反诈审计师：看穿一切金钱谎言 Good for You好来喔Urban976k WordsCompleted Former Big Four auditor × specially appointed economic-crime consultant × anti-fraud trio Wielding data like a sword, we see through every financial lie The day I was fired by the Big Four, I thought my career was over for good. I was framed, blacklisted, and shut out by the entire industry, all because I refused to sign a fraudulent audit report. My partner slammed fabricated workpapers onto the table, and HR marked me “not eligible for rehire” in the industry system. Overnight, I went from 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Cool article title: After being expelled from the Big Four, I sent a billionaire to jail by auditing his accounts. Have you ever thought about where the money went to those who defrauded your parents of their retirement money? This book tells you the answer. The protagonist Chen Yan, a top four auditor, was framed and fired for refusing to sign a false report, and was banned by the entire industry. Three years later, a late-night call brought him back to the battlefield - Futian, Shenzhen. The cross-border boss "committed suicide" and his export volume surged by 300%. It only took him 20 minutes to complete the fund flow that the police could not investigate. This is not a criminal investigation novel, this is using an auditor's "data eye" to see through all money lies. 120,000 Words is already too fat, the male protagonist has a full career line, no love brain, and the iron triangle (auditor + female police officer + trainee assistant) is purely a friendship. Each 3 chapters has a small point, and each volume has a major case - cross-border money laundering, retirement pig slaughtering, virtual currency illegal production, tens of billions of supply chain fraud, Internet celebrity tax evasion, venture capital fraud, wealthy trust murder... You think you are reading a novel, but in fact you are learning about anti-fraud. Keywords: city, suspense, workplace, cool novel, no heroine

16. 516 致 Deadly Reckoning: Starting as a Police Officer at the Local Station 致命清算：从派出所民警开始 Xuan Ge Ming玄戈鸣Urban2.1M WordsOngoing A young body and a seasoned soul make for a record-breaking young achiever! Li Nan, a former special forces officer turned local police officer, accurately predicts events, avoids risks, seizes opportunities, plans industries ahead of time, and reads people and situations. He cuts through every obstacle, develops the economy with his forward-looking vision, and makes precise moves at crucial moments. He vows to reach the pinnacle of power and settle old scores from his past. 20kReads8.0Score2.2kShelves
17. 517 残 The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺 Long Chu龙杵Urban900k WordsCompleted “Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending 5.3kReads8.4Score621Shelves

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    It is a high-quality book, a hard-core work for men in science and engineering. It is a low-end, high-end, imaginative, slow-burning, magical, realistic, suspenseful and brain-burning novel. The subject matter is novel and the logic is rigorous. There is no cheat code for the time-travel and rebirth system. The narrative is smooth and funny without watering down. The content covers history, workplace, military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, scheming, murder, as well as high-tech espionage, hacker warfare, and electronic warfare. The ending has a profound twist and is tailor-made for old bookworms. It doesn't look good and I will kill myself to death!

18. 518 大 Tang Dynasty Detective 大唐刑警 Lao Wu Liu柳老五Historical472k WordsOngoing Shen Yan, head of the major crimes unit in a modern criminal investigation squad, accidentally transmigrates during an explosion while arresting cultural relic smugglers. His soul takes over the body of a newly appointed constable at the Wannian County Office in Chang'an during the Zhenguan era. Using modern forensic medicine, trace evidence analysis, criminal psychology, and logical deduction, he solves one strange case after another in a Tang Dynasty where laws are rudimentary and investigatio 40Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The spirit of modern criminal investigation penetrates the Tang Dynasty, using traces as an edge to cut through the fog. Body spots, fingerprints, ballistics... Are all irrefutable evidence. Let the evidence speak for itself and bring justice to the world. [Smile]

19. 519 重 Reborn as a Secret Service Agent 重生之军统特务 Lao Wu Liu柳老五Urban126k WordsCompleted Lin Mo, a modern history graduate student, accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in the Republic of China era in 1938, where he becomes a young agent for the Military Statistics Bureau. To survive the chaos and protect his homeland, he uses his knowledge of history to lay an astonishing web of espionage. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 520 罪 Sin Fetish I 罪癖I Shi Fan狮帆Mystery209k WordsOngoing Memory is fabricated testimony, identity is borrowed finery, and we are all prisoners of the subconscious. At the boundary between light and dark, Wu Qing walks through the fissures in his personality. Every gaze of his is an act of self-dissection; every approach of hers, a gentle invasion. As the past winds around the throat of the present, and “becoming someone else” becomes the only way to survive, sin is no longer a matter of legal definition. It is an aversion to existence itself, a madnes —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I was attracted to it, the story is not just criminal, the supernatural events are also interesting.

21. 521 高 A High-IQ Madman Designs Hundreds of Announced Murders 高智商疯子，设计百起预告杀人案 Sticky Red Bean Buns粘粘豆包包Mystery315k WordsOngoing [High-IQ crime] [Ruthless, cold, calculating, and mad male lead] [Not reborn] [No System] [No female lead] A mysterious murderer who is rarely seen suddenly appears in Jiangcheng, calling himself the Judge. The Judge's days are always full. Monday: He judges a popular young actor who preyed on female college students. What a lovely day. Tuesday: He judges a billionaire who has committed every kind of evil, leaving himself refreshed and invigorated. Wednesday: He calls the task force directly. 4.5kReads—Score368Shelves

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    Please look at mine [Send your heart][Awkward laugh][I'm about to cry][Send your heart][Attention]

22. 522 重 Major Crimes: Zero 重案零号 Lonely Ladybug孤独的瓢虫Urban306k WordsOngoing Major Crimes Unit Zero takes on cases with no apparent solution. Captain Jiang Yi has never failed in seven years. That is, until a body with no wounds turns up. A severed finger. A wintersweet blossom. Five victims. A revenge plot spanning fifteen years. Ruan Qingci says, “This isn’t murder. It’s a sacrifice.” Su Nian says, “The killer used technology from an acoustics experiment thirty years ago.” Lu Zhiyu says, “Someone has been watching us all along.” Only at the end of his investigation —Reads—Score—Shelves
23. 523 浮 The Tenderness in the Glimmering Light's Profile 浮光侧写的温柔 Ou Shunqiao欧顺桥Urban490k WordsCompleted My new novel is here! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 11Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This treasure novel with a Tomato score of 9.9 Made me laugh until my stomach ached. It made my eyes light up again and again. After reading it N times, I still feel it is amazing! It's just too funny and funny. Don't read it while eating or drinking, be careful of laughing...!!! [Almost crying] [Cool] [Shy] [Pout] [Wronged] [Almost crying] [Almost crying]

24. 524 迷 Enchanted by Love’s Shadow 迷情恋影 Ou Shunqiao欧顺桥Urban148k WordsOngoing A new work from the author of Sequel to Floating Light is now available! Come read my work on Tomato Novels. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves
25. 525 跑 Those Days Delivering Takeout 跑外卖那些日子 Ou Shunqiao欧顺桥Urban368k WordsCompleted My new story is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—Shelves

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